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president, i rise today in praise of majority leader harry reid. yesterday our esteemed majority leader said the following -- quote -- "my friend from texas is like the schoolyard bully. he pushes everyone arnol arounds losing, and instead of playing the game according to the rules, he not only takes the ball home with him, but he changes the rules." today, leader reid continued his demonstration of civility, referring to me as the -- quote -- "very junior senator from texas." as i noted yesterday, the senate is not a schoolyard. setting aside the irony of calling someone a bully and then shouting them down when they attempt to respond, today i wish simply to commend my friend from nevada for his candor. yesterday, i expressed my concern that sending the budget to conference could be used to pass tax increases or a debt ceiling increase through reconciliation, a back-door path that would circumvent the long-standing protections of the minority in the senate, and i observed that i would readily consent to the leader's request if he would simply agre
president, i rise today in praise of majority leader harry reid. yesterday our esteemed majority leader said the following -- quote -- "my friend from texas is like the schoolyard bully. he pushes everyone arnol arounds losing, and instead of playing the game according to the rules, he not only takes the ball home with him, but he changes the rules." today, leader reid continued his demonstration of civility, referring to me as the -- quote -- "very junior senator from...
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still wrapping up work today, majority leader harry reid took action to set up a test vote on the measure for wednesday. the senate is expected to focus most of his time this week on that bill. .. >> a number of events on health care. hosted by america's health insurance plans and the host of medicare and medicaid on medicare and medicaid policies at 8:45 a.m. eastern. at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3 come in, the senate health committee looks at how helped related infections affect the economy. also, we are live at 1130 eastern time for a kaiser family foundation forum about how families in nevada and oregon are dealing with the health insurance exchanges. >> since 1998, c-span2's booktv has shown over 40,000 hours of programming with top nonfiction authors, including bob woodward. >> he preemptively helped us and i was horrified. and then i was delighted. >> i always felt that people are different in real life. so the artist goes to medication, that if i can create something that is so moving and that permits the kind of distance that you need from what is painful, people will understand and un
still wrapping up work today, majority leader harry reid took action to set up a test vote on the measure for wednesday. the senate is expected to focus most of his time this week on that bill. .. >> a number of events on health care. hosted by america's health insurance plans and the host of medicare and medicaid on medicare and medicaid policies at 8:45 a.m. eastern. at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3 come in, the senate health committee looks at how helped related infections affect the economy....
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and then ask senator harry reid to bring it up in front of the senate, probably on the basis of newness consent i think we could get the funding to you in a matter of hours. would you going to work with congress to do just that? >> as speed is because it's essential. >> as i said, senator, i believe that there are many essential pieces to what we do. >> have you made the point to the present how crucial it is that we maintain the sanctions and enforcement against iran? have you made a point to the president? >> i think that everyone knows it's essential we enforce sanctions with iran. i also think it's essential we make sure that israel peace and security is a firm through our budget. i also believe that it is essential that we can, in fact, talk with countries around the world about good governance and have credibility when we do so because our own system is working. so this is very complicated, and i defer to the bipartisan, bipartisanship up your to audibly solve the problem. you know how better to get that done that i. >> we are at an impasse to come and discussions aren't working v
and then ask senator harry reid to bring it up in front of the senate, probably on the basis of newness consent i think we could get the funding to you in a matter of hours. would you going to work with congress to do just that? >> as speed is because it's essential. >> as i said, senator, i believe that there are many essential pieces to what we do. >> have you made the point to the present how crucial it is that we maintain the sanctions and enforcement against iran? have...
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c-span: you say in the book harry truman didn't like him. >> guest: there's no question whether harry liked or didn't lie like. he thought he was a grand stander. he was in the senate for ten years. he's famously said that a senior senator when he arrived in the senate said, you know, for the first six months you're going wonder, harry, how you got here. after the first six months you wonder how the rest of us got here. and truman had a sense of respect for the seasoning process of senators. here he is on the brand new senator holding hearings. c-span: how much did you write in this section or how much was -- >> guest: that is mostly -- that mostly neil mcneil. glak and preoccupy with managing his panel proceedings he was unmindful that the hearing was being broadcast. the publics' reaction; however, was spectacular. why then later on if the publics' action was spectacular did the senate fight so hard not put themselves on television? you remember russell long was a great opponent of that. >> guest: right. the issue of the senate rules, the fact that the public lose respect quickly fo
c-span: you say in the book harry truman didn't like him. >> guest: there's no question whether harry liked or didn't lie like. he thought he was a grand stander. he was in the senate for ten years. he's famously said that a senior senator when he arrived in the senate said, you know, for the first six months you're going wonder, harry, how you got here. after the first six months you wonder how the rest of us got here. and truman had a sense of respect for the seasoning process of...
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i remember harris, the prime minister of bosnia, when the u.s. announced a food air lift saying, we want them to drop the bombs and instead they are dropping sandwiches. humanitarian action is always a substitute for taking the hard political decisions. i think obama is guided by the very strong conviction of do no harm. and arming the rebels are launching military action potentially unleashes harm, or forces over which, that which we do not know andover which we do not have control. we should be circumspect and find other ways of supporting the people of syria. >> no-fly zone? >> all those are standard options. humanitarian corridor. if you want to deny the use of helicopter gunships, you can establish a no-fly zone. but as we saw in libya, these are not decisions that are taken by politicians and senators in washington. these are decisions that have to be calculated at the pentagon, and the political cost has to be evaluated in the white house. if you're going to do what you have to do fully and effectively. and if you can't have, yeah, can't h
i remember harris, the prime minister of bosnia, when the u.s. announced a food air lift saying, we want them to drop the bombs and instead they are dropping sandwiches. humanitarian action is always a substitute for taking the hard political decisions. i think obama is guided by the very strong conviction of do no harm. and arming the rebels are launching military action potentially unleashes harm, or forces over which, that which we do not know andover which we do not have control. we should...